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Crisis in the Sahel Becoming France’s Forever War – The New York Times

Riding along with French troops hunting Islamist militants in France’s unwinnable West African war.

The Fate of the News in the Age of the Coronavirus | The New Yorker

Can a fragile media ecosystem survive the pandemic?

Post date March 30, 2020
Post categories In Journalism

Bail Out Journalists. Let Newspaper Chains Die. – The New York Times

The coronavirus is likely to hasten the end of advertising-driven media, our columnist writes. And government should not rescue it.

Post date March 30, 2020
Post categories In Journalism

Shifting States: New Role of Photography in Weekly Magazines – Photographs by various photographers | Interview by Cat Lachowksyj | LensCulture

What’s new in news photography? Senior Picture Editor Andreas Trampe of ‘Stern’ offers his take on the shifting sands of an industry and shares his tips on how to reach out to photo editors

Guillaume Chauvin takes an unexpected approach to wartime photography in Ukraine

In signature documentary style, the French photographer has been capturing the ongoing conflict in the Donbass region.

Link:
https://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/guillaume-chauvin-ukraine-photography-300320?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+itsnicethat%2FSlXC+%28It%27s+Nice+That%29

After Her Father’s Death, a Photographer Explores Grief – Feature Shoot

“My dad was a good man with a substance problem,” the Canadian photographer Jackie Dives tells me. “He was unique. He was a cat lover, a mechanic, a carpenter, a…

Post date March 29, 2020
Post categories In Portfolios & Galleries
Tags Jackie Dives

Every Inch of Earth – Guernica

Sebastian Meyer and Kamaran Najm co-founded a photo agency in Iraq and teamed up to document a new era in Kurdistan, a region with a long history of suffering. Until Kamaran was captured by ISIS.

Post date March 29, 2020
Post categories In Access & Censorship, Photojournalism
Tags Kamaran Najm, Sebastian Meyer

Remembering Robert Herman 1955-2020 | LENSCRATCH

I have shared the work of Brooklyn born photographer Robert Herman several times over the years, so I was distraught to learn that this wonderful artist recently took his own life. I remember him sharing that as a young man, Robert began working as an ush

11 Photographers on How To Finish a Body of Work – Aperture Foundation NY

When should you bring a photographic project to an end? LaToya Ruby Frazier, Justine Kurland, Alec Soth, and more reflect on how to know when a series of work is complete.

Post date March 28, 2020
Post categories In Photography
Tags Alec Soth, Bryan Schutmaat, Dawoud Bey, Doug DuBois, John Chiara, Justine Kurland, LaToya Ruby Frazier, Paul Graham, Peter Kayafas, Siân Davey, Todd Hido

Getty Images launches grant for emerging women and non-binary photographers

Created in partnership with Dove and Girlgaze, the $10,000 #ShowUs Grant is for international photographers authentically representing women and non-binary people.

Link:
https://www.itsnicethat.com/news/getty-images-show-us-grant-photography-270320?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+itsnicethat%2FSlXC+%28It%27s+Nice+That%29

Post date March 28, 2020
Post categories In Contests

The Visual Landscape of a World Shaped by Pandemic – The Atlantic

Glimpses of our new reality as billions of people stay home

Post date March 26, 2020
Post categories In Portfolios & Galleries

The Dream of Midcentury Modern in Black and White Photos – Aperture Foundation NY

In the postwar years, Ezra Stoller captured iconic buildings by Frank Lloyd Wright and Mies van der Rohe. But, were his images a reality—or an ideal?

Post date March 26, 2020
Post categories In Portfolios & Galleries
Tags Ezra Stoller

Aneta Bartos’ Family Portrait – British Journal of Photography

If her images appear unsettling, that’s our own hang-ups, says Aneta Bartos, who photographed herself with her ageing father

Post date March 26, 2020
Post categories In Portfolios & Galleries
Tags Aneta Bartos

Finding a Sense of Community Amid the Coronavirus Pandemic – Feature Shoot

In the last two weeks, I have received more than two dozen emails about the temporary closures of galleries and studio spaces amid the coronavirus pandemic. I’ve received several more…

The Terror and Pleasure of Staying at Home – Aperture Foundation NY

In one influential 1990s exhibition, photographers turned from the politics of the wider world to the habits of domestic life.

Post date March 26, 2020
Post categories In Photography
Tags Cindy Sherman, Doug DuBois, Laurie Simmons, Mary Frey, Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Tina Barney

Juxtapoz Magazine – Joji Hashiguchi’s “We Have No Place to Be”

In the early 1980s, Joji Hashiguchi began to document the plight of the young with his debut work, "Shisen." Stifled by the mounting pressures posed b...

Post date March 26, 2020
Post categories In Portfolios & Galleries
Tags Jōji Hashiguchi

Juxtapoz Magazine – Sheltering in Place: Ideas From “The Photographer’s Playbook”

Navel gazing can get a little old, so, in the coming weeks (months?), as we find ourselves counting the hours till lunchtime on the sofa, we look for...

Post date March 26, 2020
Post categories In Books
Tags Alec Soth, Alessandra Sanguinetti, Ari Marcopoulos, Asger Carlson, David Campany, Gregory Halpern, Jason Fulford, Jim Goldberg, John Baldessari, Mark Steinmetz, Miranda July, Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Roger Ballen, Stephen Shore, Susan Meiselas, Tim Barber, Todd Hido

Argentina Week: Alejandro Chaskielberg: Laberynth Patagonia | LENSCRATCH

I first saw Alejandro's La Creciente at Yossi Milo gallery when I traveled to New York sometime in 2011. The images were stunning; it felt like I was looking at still shots from a movie set. I later found out that he also worked as a cinematographer, and

Post date March 26, 2020
Post categories In Portfolios & Galleries
Tags Alejandro Chaskielberg

The Beauty of Imperfection – The Leica camera Blog

Joe Greer about his love of analog, shooting on film and how he sees its rise as a logical consequence of our digital lifestyle.

Link:
https://www.leica-camera.blog/2020/03/25/the-beauty-of-imperfection/

Post date March 25, 2020
Post categories In Portfolios & Galleries
Tags Joe Greer

To See the Invisible – Photographs by Keith Dannemiller | Interview by Gina Williams | LensCulture

What is home? Heading back to the States after 30 years living abroad, a residency in North Carolina prompted Keith Dannemiller to rediscover his homeland with fresh eyes

Post date March 25, 2020
Post categories In Portfolios & Galleries
Tags Keith Dannemiller